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EDC Minutes December 18, 2015 Page 4 of 5 Beeman said the Twin Cities North Chamber would like to combine a few cities and hold all future Business Council Meetings quarterly. Beeman said this last meeting had a good turnout and so the quarterly meetings may end up being a success. The next Business Council meeting will be held March 9, 2016 and the location has not been determined. Mounds View Prosect Updates Beeman provided an update on the Bel Rae occupancy levels stating they are now 60% leased. There are no changes with the Snyder building. The business addressing issue came up again at the Mounds View Business Council meeting. The responsibility is the County's and they would need to come up with the resources to change out the signs with a new agreed upon address. Until then, there is not much the city can do besides lobby the County officials. Beeman encouraged the Commissioners to try to attend one of the upcoming Economic Gardening meetings stating they have CEO's from all over the region that meet to discuss issues they are dealing with in their companies and they always have good speakers. The last speaker was an angel investor and two other entrepreneurs who explained how they went through the process of attracting money to start their companies. One business owner was an expert in defense contracts and government contracts and the other was an entrepreneur from Ireland who explained the various hoops he had to go through to be successful. Chair Helgemoe asked when the next meeting will be held. Beeman said with the holidays we wasn't certain but he was expecting another meeting in mid-January. 7. REPORTS OF COMMISSIONERS Chair, Jason Helgemoe asked for reports from Commissioners. Commissioner Rieland stated that Bio Life is experiencing difficulty with clients not being able to find them do to the confusing addressing. Bio Life has signed an agreement with a company that drops a pin and inputs the data once then all of the other on-line mapping companies are able to sync with the correct address location on their mapping systems. Helgemoe asked if Coordinator Beeman could send this information out to the local businesses. Beeman said he would send out the information once received. Helgemoe said that getting the signs replaced would still be nice. Helgemoe asked Rieland how Bio Life was doing. Rieland said they are growing and hope to do well again in 2016. 8. NEXT REGULAR EDC MEETING Hearing no further comments from Commissioners or the audience, Helgemoe stated the next meeting will be held January 15 at 7:30 a.m. Beeman added that for the January meeting the EDC will be reviewing the TIF & Tax Abatement policies assuming they are back from the City Attorney in time for the next meeting. Beeman said he is hoping to have the policies approved by the EDC and EDA before the developer submits an application. The EDC will also be conducting the Oath of Office for the new Commissioners and appointing a Chair and Vice Chair. For the February 19, 2016 meeting, the EDC will be reviewing their 2016 priorities and the EDC Bylaws. Helgemoe .